The report presents one case of neurofibromatosis type 1 who was detected during pregnancy. It describes how the disease was detected and diagnosed, and what was the outcome of the pregnancy with a positive family history of the disease. This is the first case of prenatal neurofibromatosis type 1 diagnosed at our OPD.

Keywords: Neurofibromatosis, Obstetric complication in NF1, pregnancy, genetic testing, genetic transmission

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